15-letter words containing a, l, c, i, t, h
- michaelmas term — the autumn term at Oxford and Cambridge Universities, the Inns of Court, and some other educational establishments
- military school — military academy.
- multi-channeled — the bed of a stream, river, or other waterway.
- nail technician — a person whose job is to take care of and decorate people's fingernails
- nathaniel bacon — Francis (Baron Verulam, Viscount St. Albans) 1561–1626, English essayist, philosopher, and statesman.
- national church — an independent church within a country, usually representing the prevalent religion.
- national school — (in Ireland) a state primary school
- nemathelminthic — of or pertaining to a nemathelminth
- neuropathically — In a neuropathic way.
- neuropathologic — Of or pertaining to neuropathology.
- nicholas, saint — Saint ("Nicholas the Great") died a.d. 867, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 858–867.
- nonmathematical — of, relating to, or of the nature of mathematics: mathematical truth.
- nonmetaphorical — not metaphorical; literal
- ochlocratically — In an ochlocratic way.
- ophthalmoscopic — Of, pertaining to or using an ophthalmoscope.
- orchestrational — Of or pertaining to orchestration.
- orthodontically — from an orthodontic point of view
- orthopaedically — in an orthopaedic manner
- palaeoanthropic — relating to palaeoanthropology
- paleolithic man — any of the prehistoric populations of humans, as the Cro-Magnon, living in the late Pliocene and the Pleistocene epochs.
- paraheliotropic — (of leaves) turning away from light; sun-avoiding
- parenthetically — of, pertaining to, noting, or of the nature of a parenthesis: several unnecessary parenthetic remarks.
- patchwork quilt — cover sewn from patches of cloth
- pavel petrovich — Paul I (def 2).
- phenomenalistic — the doctrine that phenomena are the only objects of knowledge or the only form of reality.
- philanthropical — of, pertaining to, engaged in, or characterized by philanthropy; benevolent: a philanthropic foundation.
- photoelasticity — the phenomenon of double refraction of polarized light by a transparent substance under elastic stress, used to measure strain in elastic, transparent materials.
- photomechanical — noting or pertaining to any of various processes for printing from plates or surfaces prepared by the aid of photography.
- phototactically — in a phototactic manner
- phototropically — in a phototropic manner
- physical optics — the branch of optics concerned with the wave properties of light, the superposition of waves, the deviation of light from its rectilinear propagation in a manner other than that considered by geometrical optics, the interaction of light with matter, and the quantum, corpuscular aspects of light.
- physicalization — to express in physical terms; give form or shape to: The dancers physicalized the mood of the music.
- phytochemically — in a phytochemical manner
- pied flycatcher — a small black and white migratory bird of Europe and western Asia, Ficedula hypoleuca
- pitch blackness — extreme darkness; lack of light
- plain chocolate — dark eating chocolate
- plainclothesman — a police officer, especially a detective, who wears ordinary civilian clothes while on duty.
- play havoc with — bring chaos to
- polychlorinated — having multiple chlorine atoms
- psychiatrically — the practice or science of diagnosing and treating mental disorders.
- public footpath — a footpath along which the public has right of way
- pullman kitchen — a kitchenette, often recessed into a wall and concealed by double doors or a screen.
- pulmobranchiate — possessing a pulmobranch
- pyrotechnically — in a pyrotechnical manner
- quasi-technical — belonging or pertaining to an art, science, or the like: technical skill.
- quasihistorical — of, pertaining to, treating, or characteristic of history or past events: historical records; historical research.
- radiotechnology — the technical application of any form of radiation to industry.
- rechargeability — (of a storage battery) capable of being charged repeatedly. Compare cordless (def 2).
- saddle-stitched — having a binding in which the sections of a publication are inserted inside each other and secured through the middle fold with thread, or wire staples
- saprophytically — any organism that lives on dead organic matter, as certain fungi and bacteria.